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We have had an old safe at my shop since I bought the property. The man I bought it from said that the safe was here for the 30 years he owned the property. His guess is it was brought in by the original property owners that he bought from, which was an old school southern dinner club. It appears to be a "drop" type safe where deposits are made into the top of the safe. With the rust and concrete surrounding the safe, it is hard to tell much about it. Check out the pictures in the imgur album and let me know if you guys have any advice for getting into the safe...Thanks!

I will figure out what I did wrong with the imgur album and re-post photos in a few minutes...

There are 2 holes near the handle...one of which doesn't go more than 1/4" down...the second hole goes just an inch down...neither one allows access to the tube. I don't have a fiber optic camera or know anyone that has one, so I have yet to see the contents (I dont know where the best starting point is to drill a hole to insert a camera either).

That large hole on the outside of the safe plug looks like it may have held a key-lock.... Maybe removed or drilled?, There may be some sort of material in the remains of that hole that is keeping the safe plug from being removed.. Maybe get a close-up of the inside of the hole...

The two other holes may have been someone's attempt to pull out the plug by lag bolting a chain to the front...

Can you see any mechanism for locking or unlocking the plug to remove it?

I think you are right, Do you have a small dental mirror and bright flashlight that you could poke into the hole and figure out the mechanism? It may be too rusted to move but you may get an idea of where to drill..
Do you have access to a 1/2 inch chuck drill? You may need to drill some exploratory holes...

Im not sure on the 1/2" chuck. I do have a Ryobi hammer drill. I also just hit the concrete a few times with a heavy black ground tamper and broke off a few pieces of concrete....I think I will go and pickup a sledge hammer tonight to try and bust the concrete around the tube tomorrow.

I find it funny that it was drilled to open (or tried to open) and yet left in a closed locked state, Removed from the ground but not thrown out...
Maybe it was locked / or rusted shut with a small amount of cash in it, and someone who needed to replace the safe, saved the old safe to retrieve the small amount cash later but never did successfully... And there it still sits...

The concrete looks pretty bad on the outside, Does it come apart with a sledge? It may be easier to drill and look into the safe from the steel under the concrete, it may not be as hard/ tempered...

Also, I have a pic of the larger hole...It doesnt look to be the lock area, it seems pretty deep. My pic with flash shows a little bit of depth. Could this have been an are where people would have put something into a plastic tube and dropped it in?

There is no slot on this one. There was at one time a lock on it, but at some point over the years, someone removed the lock. Apparently, the person depositing into the safe would unlock and pull a cannister out and deposit into the canister.

Oh dude, this is an old Letterbox Drop Safe, manufactured in the 1920's!

I've got good news, just apply a little pressure (supposed to be 2lbs of pressure, probably needs more since rust is there) to both of the holes near the handle, while twisting the handle in a clockwise motion. It'll open right up :)